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The Official, International Rosicrucian Magazine of the
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VOL. IX. FEBRUARY, 1931 No. 1

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The Thought of the Month By The Imperator
Superstition................................. By The Supreme Secretary
An Important Announcement................... By The Imperator
The Duality of Jesus the Christ By Frater Paul Beckett
Lodge Masters..................................... By Raymund Andrea
Raising Tour Vibrations........................... By Frater Gamui
W hat is Real?.............................................. By Frater P. B.
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Thin\ing and Living By Frater John R. Carter, M. D.
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 E S U S c o n s ta n tly re­ human experience. Heaven cannot be
minded His disciples a place of continuous joy for there must
and those who listened be sorrow and sadness as a result of
attentively to Him that the sins and errors, the griefs and pains,
the kingdom of Heaven of the multitudes who live either in
was not only close at darkness or sin or who are slowly
hand and m ight be evolving to spiritual perfection.
contacted sooner than It is true that the key-note of
the m u ltitu d e had mystical life is joy and that this joy is
expected but that the hidden from those who do not enter
real entrance-way to this kingdom was into the mystical life and is therefore
within.
deep and pure. But this joy does not
However, we may view the preach­ preclude a sensitiveness to all of the
ments of Jesus in .this regard and laying sorrows and grief of mankind.
aside all of the symbolism that He may
have used, the outstanding fact is that It is said that Jesus was a man of
He made Heaven eminent and a king­ great sorrow and He was often seen to
dom which those here upon the earth weep and to express in His countenance
might enjoy. Certainly He was not the as well as in His words and attitude,
father of .the idea that the greatest or the suffering He felt from those around
most intimate joys of Heaven were to Him. Y et Jesus often rejoiced and His
be realized only after transition. joy was profound on many occasions.
Those who have been inclined toward No great master can be wholly happy
the spiritual life are often under the all the time nor is he always sorrowful.
impression that with the coming of The way of the spiritual life and of the
spiritual attunement and the consequent mystical life is the way of abundant
contact with the kingdom of Heaven living, a certain fullness of living that
brings naught but spiritual joy having brings to the consciousness of each
its reflex in earthly joy. Such persons individual a keen appreciation of the
become disappointed and discouraged heartaches as well as the joys and
in their journey on the path toward ambitions, the d isa p p o in tm en ts and
spiritual heights by the sorrows and sorrows of all living creatures.
griefs they continue to experience and W hile the mystical life is filled with
especially by the great sadness that these impressions of sorrow and grief
seems to be a part of the spiritual light the sadness is not like unto that of the
that gradually illumines their conscious­ sadness of one who is steeped in sin.
The ness. The key-note of the sinful life is sadness
Rosicrucian T o the mystic this is easily under­ and not joy. But the sadness of the
stood and the kingdom of Heaven sinner is different from the sadness and
Digest
means to him a contact with all of the sorrow of the mystic or the spiritual
February hearts and minds of the universe and being. The sadness of the sinner is a
1931 with all of the joys and sorrows of secret sadness which is constantly eat­
 ing its way relentlessly into the core of cup of life as represented in the heart
a sinner’s heart, as the mystics tell us. of the sinful. The mystic becomes
He is ever conscious of the fact that he conscious of the fact that the sinner may
is out of harmony not only with the be redeemed and may be saved, and
higher nature of himself but with the through grace and spiritual light he
higher principles of the entire universe. may be saved from himself and from
Most of his sins must remain secret in the torments of the evil within him and
order that he may enjoy life and liberty yet because he refuses the W a y to
and the association of men. salvation he w ilfu lly p ro lo n g s his
The sinner is a coward at heart in suffering.
most instances, inasmuch as he fears The Father of us all is saddened by
above everything else the possible fac­ this wilful attitude and the host of
ing of his own sin and the consequent angels and the holy assembly of masters
results. He not only fears to face his in the Cosmic bow their heads in grief
fellow beings and admit to them the as they realize that sinful man holds
sins he has committed but he fears to himself enslaved in grief and pain
face his own reflection in the mirror because he refuses to see the Light or
and to admit unto himself the evil of to venture upon the W a y to salvation.
his ways. How could it be otherwise The mystic, ever attuned to the con­
with one who has wilfully chosen to be sciousness of God and the Heavenly
an enemy of mankind and a disobedient hosts, senses what they sense and
child of his Father? The sinner is shares to some degree in their sorrow
always an enemy of civilization, an and grief. Thus the mystic passes his
enemy of righteousness and an enemy time in moving from great joy to great
of better instincts in the human race; sorrow and he feels the pulse of the
therefore, his sins torment him and universe, the heart of man, and the
enslave him and in their bitter mockery spirit of God working in all things and
force him to suffer as no other sorrows moving in all beings.
in life can cause him to suffer. It is this complete attunement with
It is fortunate also for the human all of the constructive and operative
race th a t sin a d m in isters its own forces of the universe and with the
chastizement and if there is any ven­ combined consciousness of all beings
geance resulting from sin it is the that makes the mystic's life an abund­
automatic action of its own discord. ant life, a life of fullness and supreme
God the Father of all beings is merci­ effulgence. It makes life not only
ful and even the average human is more complex but more complete and
merciful to the sinner but sin is more interesting. It robs the idle hours
unmerciful in its own condemnation and of the shadows and it takes from our
in the punishment it constantly wreaks earthly existence all sense of isolation
upon the individual. There is no sadder and separateness from our kith and kin
heart, no heart more heavy with grief and from our Heavenly Father. It
and pain than the heart of the conscious makes the horizon of sunrise tinted with
sinner. It causes mental as well as the most magnificent colors of human
moral and physical anguish and disorder experience and paints the sky of mid­
and is the cause of disease and destruc­ day with a splendour of life that can
tion. Truly the sinner is in sorrow only come through living life in all its
constantly and eternally until he finds fullness. It makes the golden sunset at
salvation. the close of day a panorama of human
The mystic, on the other hand, is contact and an expression of spiritual
sensitive not only ,to the joys and and worldly interests com bin ed to
blessings, the gladness and the songs manifest God and His magnificent
of merriment that are in the hearts of powers.
the good and righteous but to the grief, The mystic sees in every human
remorse, regret, and heartaches of the being a real brother and sister, a close
sinful. For this reason the mystic kin through every human and spiritual
finds his hours of thoughtfulness divided association. The interests of his human
between the ecstasy of sublime spiritual relatives are h i s interests, for the
joy and the bitterness of the earthly interests of mankind are united and
 constitute one grand experience for the avoid the fearful Light of condemna­
evolution of the soul. The mystical life tion. He refuses to listen to the voice
opens wide the portals of human under­ of mercy and he hesitates to accept the
standing, human sympathy, and human Grace of God and save himself from
attunement, and through this comes a the sorrow of his own making. He does
closer attunement with the spiritual not know or else he wills not to under­
consciousness that pervades all beings. stand that the grace of forgiveness and
This is the key-note of the power that the mercy of God’s love can cleanse
comes into the very being of every him and wipe away his sins and purify
mystic and enables him to wield an his heart and bring joy and peace in
influence for good in the lives of others. the twinkling of an eye. He convicts
Through his attunement and contact himself and chastizes his flesh while
with the soul in each individual around tormenting his heart and destroying his
him he becomes closer attuned with God mind in the evil of his ways. No real
and God’s view-point and in t h i s joy can come to him since the joy that
manner the mystic becomes a channel the sinner experiences is spurious and
of divine comprehension, is not only a in every sense fictitious and unreal.
servant unto God but a servant unto Eternal life is withheld from him for he
man and one of God’s chosen workers. separates himself from all contact with
The sinner or the one who chooses it.
to dwell in darkness and who refrains The mystic, on the other hand, has
from stepping on the narrow path that placed himself in communion with the
leads to spiritual power is constantly eternally constructive forces and is
separated from the human heart of all enjoying the influx of new life and new
beings and like unto a prisoner held in power every moment that he lives. It
his own prison by his own choosing is a joyous living, with all of the sorrows
and through his own commandment. and griefs, for the end is always a
He does not ostracize society but he beautiful one and the spiritual goal at
ostracizes himself. He does not push the end of the journey is ever a
his human kin from him but tears himself magnificent picture, inspiring and filled
away from them so that in his sin and with love and mercy begetting a new
remorse he may abide in secrecy and life and a life eternal.

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 Superstition
B y T h e S u prem e Secreta ry

V V V

H A S been said that F i r s t permit me to illustrate its

su p e rs titio n is w hat relativity. It is commonly known that
holds man in bondage, among certain aboriginals the custom
that the natural sense has been adopted of eating the heart of
of human discernment the most ferocious of the animals known
is limited by the gro­ to exist to them. It is believed that by
tesque fancies born of eating the heart of the most ferocious
the fear of the un­ animal the eater will assume to a great
know n. It is qu ite degree the ferociousness and bravery of
evident when analyzing the animal eaten.
those who are subjects of superstition The primitive mind reasons deduc­
that ignorance can not a l w a y s be tively thusly. The animal is recognized
attributed to them. The popular con­ by all in its tribe or community as one
cept is that with knowledge, light, and to be feared because of its terrifying
understanding, the clouds of superstition antics and its great evident bravery, as
are dispelled as fog before the piercing well as its display of hatred for man;
sunbeams. therefore, its spirit, its inner being must
be as fierce as its outer counterpart, the
However, persons of intellect, learned body.
in the arts and sciences of the day, are As most aboriginals adhering to the
slaves to superstition and as fettered by earliest form of religion are animistic,
its dictates as the most primitive bush- they believe that the heart is the spirit
man. If superstition were only of an part of man or beast or, in other words,
external nature, if it were the product the ethereal entity; and, therefore, by
of circumstances or environment it could consuming all of its attributes, that is,
be classified, explained, exploded, and the attributes of the inner spirit, will
left to d i e as rapidly as its fallacy be absorbed into the being of the eater.
became known. The eater of the heart of the animal
But, incidentally, superstition is not would in this way acquire the same
tangible, not external, but a condition ferocity as the animal itself.
within, subject to the disposition, nature, It might appear amusing to us, per­
and temperament of the individual. The haps, and an absurdity, but why does
figments of superstition are not gained it appear so? W e proceed to reason,
from hearsay nor custom from a mis­ calling upon our memory for acquired
placed confidence. Superstition is but advanced learning of scientific and
a relative condition whose nature and psychological principles with which to
character change and alter as frequent­ refute the primitive deductions. W e
ly as does the mental processes of the state that, from a psychological stand­
individual. point, ferocity and bravery are not of a
 nature to be transmitted by a con­ individual but rather in keeping with
sumption of a physical organ because his mental status. Those superstitions
they are not of a chemical nature, etc., which appear ludicrous to the average
that from a psychological standpoint man or woman today are so only from
the heart or any organ of the body does the perspective of the individual look­
not represent the ethereal side of man; ing at them.
therefore, would not possess in any Referring to our previous analogy of
form the characteristics of ferocity, the aboriginal, the savage in his en­
bravery, etc. vironment with his intellect develops
Experience gained directly or indi­ a p p ro p ria te superstitions in keeping
rectly makes it a simple matter for with his mental development, and today
modern man to refute this primitive only with a more advanced mental
superstition. Still, are we not aware training, a background of accumulated
of persons of good intellect and pro­ experience, are we able to point out
ficient academic and specialized training the d e fic ie n c y of p rim itiv e man’s
refusing as, for example, to accept on illusions.
an ocean liner a stateroom numbered W e ’today, each of us, entertain
thirteen, or carefully avoiding walking superstitions that will require the per­
underneath a ladder on the thorough­ spective of a century of future mental
fare? and psychic development before the
Undoubtedly, if questioned as to realization of the imperfections of the
their actions they would deny the beliefs of today are comprehended. W e
implication of being subjected to the are too closely associated with the
above superstitions because of an in­ common level of thought and reasoning
herent doubt that their superstitions are to see above the mental picture formed
really groundless and it is perhaps a by the mass.
ridiculous fear, but the fact remains Thus there exists those beliefs today
that it is a fear and they heed it. that are accepted because they meet
T o themselves they have not been the requirements of present under­
standing which, to the average man a
able to support the reasoning of their
hundred years hence, will be considered
mind with enough facts to give cred­
ence to its actual absurdity. There by him as superstitions of this day and
era.
lingers in t h e i r consciousness the
thought that there is always the po­ W e can now comprehend h o w
tential possibility that some supernatural superstition is but relative. Its form
power directs the fate of the individual and scope is shaped by the intellect of
by testing his allegiance to certain the individual. It, as said above, is not
g ro te sq u e cu stom s. An instinctive a reflection upon intelligence to be
caution therefore warns against provok­ superstitious of anything, but in keep­
ing any adverse consequence, so we ing with the intelligence of the believer.
find that modern man is as deeply W hen we appreciate something as
fettered as the primitive man he ridicules being superstitious and are able to fully
or pities. Until, through a thorough realize that it is merely a superstition,
and courageous investigation, he com­ we are then mentally above it and we
prehends the original source of the are very rarely the slave to it as its
superstition and the reason f o r its nature is known to us. It is, however,
continued existence, he himself is bound an indication of intolerance and the
not, perhaps, by the mental condition display of ignorance to ridicule those
created by the savage mind, but by a who are superstitious; that is, those
condition that is a product of his own who hold concepts which appear to us
mental plane. as illo g ic a l. W e are, p erh aps, as
Superstition is not always simple. It equally superstitious about certain mat­
T he ters in the eyes of those who are on a
becomes grossly complex. The greater
Rosicrucian the intellect, the more extensive the higher mental plane, or who will appear
Digest education, the more fantastic and pre­ as such to those in the future.
February sentable the superstition. Superstition One of the commonest questions
1 931 is not an insult to the intelligence of the asked is the natural cause of supersti­
tion among any class of society. By mediately proceeding it and subsequent
class of society is meant mental class. to it are not easily removed by any
Schopenhauer proposes the proposition manner of persuasion or logic. Many
that superstition is the result of an of the complex systems of theology of
incident associated with an act of im­ today have been brought into being
port to the individual. when perhaps not an individual but a
If, for example, an individual were to tribe, or clan, or com m unity, have
enter upon some enterprise of great faced the conditions such as above, and
importance that gave every indication have accepted the associated incidents
in advance of being a successful venture upon which to build a creed and a
and just before its final conclusion some dogma.
incident occurred sufficient to impress Hearsay contributes not to the source
itself upon the consciousness of the of superstition but to its longevity.
individual and thereafter the enterprise, Hearsay weaves a pattern of weird
not because of the incident, failed, it glamor and prevents the superstition
is inevitable that the incident would from being considered lightly by those
become the basis of a superstition un­ who failed to have the original first­
less, of course, the incident was in the hand experience with the incident. In
reasoning of the individual, not in any other words, hearsay creates a favor­
way associated with the failure. able psychological condition for the
Perhaps you might ask, suppose a reception of any superstition.
disinterested party could present facts There cannot be any remedy for
to show that the incident was not the superstition. W e may aid in deliver­
cause of the failure of the enterprise, ing ourselves, or others, perhaps, from
why, then, w o u l d the superstition our present misbeliefs by the process of
persist? mental and psychic development, but
Psychologically speaking, the person we immediately adopt a new mental
experiencing failure in his enterprise illusion, new superstitions, even though
and associating it with an incident is at the time we may differently name
prejudiced by the circumstances. That them and have explicit faith in them.
is, the sudden re-action to a pre­ As man searches the mysterious
determined course of events gives rise archives of God and Nature for truth,
to fear which lends color to the incident. his reasoning processes create different
The sudden reverses to a sequence of mental images and each casts its own
acts implies an interference, and if the shadow, which shadow is an actuality
interference cannot be associated with for the time until another appears and
a physical entity then instinctively the then the former is known as a super­
individual relates it to the supernatural. stition of the period. If we desire to
Incidentally, this lends support to advance more rapidly we should quick­
the law, that no man can inherently be ly relegate to the dark of the past those
an atheist, for every one is superstitious superstitions that are known to us to
to a degree and that will belie the claim be such, and to remove their cloak of
of conversion to atheism because of the hearsay so that they may be seen for
inference of recognition of a supreme their true worthlessness and as some­
supernatural power. thing that has served its purpose. But
W hen one has an experience, as until the dawn of an era, if that shall
related above, in which he has the ever be, when man is cognizant of the
realization of his limitations, the great entire divine plan, he will have as his
fear of the unknown imbued in every companion at all times desired or un­
human grips him and the memory of desired superstitions, whether he recog­
that fear and the circumstances im­ nizes them as such at the time or not.

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all of our thetical, how serious ill health or the
and sisters need for s u rg ic a l o p e ra tio n s or
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lib ra rie s , there are thousands of other problems
public institutions, and elsewhere. I which become almost as serious as
trust that each will read the following health and o f t e n become a great
lines carefully and give the matter due d etrim en t in the progress toward
consideration and thought. success, happiness, and peace.
For several years we have enlarged Therefore, our W elfare Departments
and improved our W elfare Department are divided into many forms of activities
and have augmented this work until and a large staff of members are
today it is one of the largest and most associated with the W elfare work in
active features of our entire work in various capacities. W e have those who
North America. W e have done every­ give legal advice, business advice, social
th in g lo g ic a l and re a s o n a b le to advice, financial advice, and general
encourage and to promote the activities advice on everyday affairs. There are
of the W elfare Department and we other specialists and workers who assist
have tried in every possible way to our members in their plans of promotion
convince our members and friends that in in v e n tio n s in s o lv in g scientific
this service is one of the primary and problems, or in meeting tests and trials
most important activities of the whole connected with their studies in various
Rosicrucian scheme of things. W e fields of work or in advancing them­
said over and over that membership in selves to higher and better positions.
the R o s ic ru c ia n O rd e r does not I feel safe in saying that there is not
constitute m e r e l y membership in a another fr a te r n a l o rg a n iz a tio n in
college or a school and that our great America that has as large a staff of
work is not the exclusive dissemination specialists in all of the arts, sciences,
of knowledge or information but rather industries, and trades working to help
the practical help that we can give to the members of one organization like
The every member in every problem of life. unto the staff maintained by A M O R C .
Even the healing work is not the big I also feel safe in saying that there is
Rosicrucian
feature of the W elfare Departments. probably not another fraternal organiz­
Digest Measured from the individual’s point of ation in America that is caring for the
February view ill health when it comes, or problems, the personal, business, and
193 1 accident which injures, the physical social problems of so many persons in
so many walks of life and in so many be of one form or another. There is
cities of the country. All of this great so much good in every one of these
work is what our members have a right sy stem s that it d oes not beh oo v e
to expect as the real benefits to be anyone of us to attempt to say that any
d eriv ed from m em bership in the therapeutic system is superior to others
Rosicrucian Order. or that anyone has many weaknesses
All of this great work is separate from and should be discarded. W e have in
and distinctly aside from the Depart­ our organization highly efficient prac­
ment of Education or Instruction. W e titioners in every system of therapeutics
have said over and over, and again and our faith in all of these systems is
repeat, that the preparing and mailing of such th a t we recom m end to our
lessons and lectures to our members members that in any illness or in any
constituting the additional work of our physical or mental disturbance of the
organization, is not the principal work of harmony of life, the members should
the Rosicrucians and is not the benefit immediately consult a proficient and
for which dues are charged. The lessons recognized physician and have his good
and lectures are given freely to the advice and help. W hatever we do in
members as an a d d itio n a l benefit of the way of instructing our members
membership. In other words, the Rosi­ how to live or in helping them return
crucian Order as a fraternal organiz­ to a normal condition after illness is
ation is like unto all of the other p u rely su p p lem en ta ry to what the
fraternal societies which do not have physicians are doing for the members.
any courses of instruction but which On the other hand, the Healing
strive to help their members through Department of our welfare work has
mutual aids of various kinds. W e have grown to an enormous size. This is
elaborated upon th ese m utual aids unquestionably due to the many bene­
and these b e n e fits of the W e lf a r e fits that our members have found in
Department that the members pay their this department of our work. There
dues and maintain their close contact are on record thousands of cases where
with the organization. we have been a b le to a s s is t th e
The Department of Instruction, which physicians to bring about results that
includes the preparation and mailing of th ey cou ld not have brought about
the lectures and lessons, is an entirely without our help. The Rosicrucian
separate and independent additional Order has always had this reputation
benefit not included in the benefits for for healing and no matter what it may
which the members pay their dues. It is do in attempting to regulate its healing
not true therefore that we sell our teach­ work it will always have the reputation
ings or put any price upon them but give of having knowledge and processes for
them freely in addition to other benefits. the curing or relieving of physical and
But this is not what I intended to tell mental conditions which are beyond the
you. I have a more important message practice of the average physicians. W e
than this. say this without intending to mean the
I want to speak to you freely and least criticism of any physician or any
frankly a b o u t one of our W e lf a r e other system.
Departments that is causing us con­ But the success of our healing work
siderable anxiety. I refer to the Healing has become an obstacle to its continu­
Department. All of you know that it ance. It may seem at first that this is
is not the intent or purpose of this an impossibility. You may think that
Healing Department or even of the success can never be so great as to
lessons and instructions which we send become an obstacle, but the fact of the
in re g a rd to h ea lth , to a ttem p t to matter is that our healing work has
establish a healing movement through­ grown to such an enormous size and is
out the world which is to supplant the becoming so well known throughout the
other reliable and established therapeu­ country that it is becoming impossible
tic sy stem s. In o th e r w ords, the for us to give it the attention that we
Rosicrucians are n o t attempting to want to give to it and which we must
break down faith in any of the recog­ give to it, in order to maintain the
nized therapeutic systems whether they Rosicrucian ideals.
 Years ago we told all of our members work. At least one hundred to two hun­
and stated in all of our literature that dred of these cases are selected by me
we did not want anyone to think that personally each week and the demand
any knowledge, or any power, or any for my personal services in this regard
material thing that we possessed was are increasing at such a rate that in
being held selfishly and jealously by us another six months I will have to aban­
to the exclusion of benefit to humanity. don the preparation of lectures, the
W e w an t our m em bers to use the preparation of magazine articles, or the
knowledge they receive from us to help doing of anything else for the organiz­
others and we want every Rosicrucian ation but giving my time wholly and
to be a real Rosicrucian in spreading exclusively from early in the morning
the Light and doing good for as many until after midnight looking after those
o th e rs as possible. O u r c o n sta n t who want or who must have treatment
repetition of this desire has been taken and help at my hands. But this is also
at its face value and we now find our­ true of the other ten or twelve special­
selves unable to cope with the results ized workers in this department.
of our own ambitions and desires. It is getting so that there are not
Stopping now in the midst of writing enough hours in the day in which we can
this message to you and going to the make contact with those who are ill or
card index files of our Healing Depart­ who need our help and we cannot train
ment I find the clerks there have over and prepare the workers to look after the
two thousand four hundred names on continuous increase in this department.
cards of persons who have written to Remember that there are organizations
us within the past two weeks asking for in America who gladly offer to help
personal help in regard to health or everyone who is in trouble and who
some condition closely associated with have no limit to the number of cases
health. This makes this department that they are cheerfully assisting. I
really a nation-wide clinic and therein refer to such organizations as Unity at
lies the big problem. Kansas City. But remember that all of
Now please bear in mind that I am these organizations rely upon prayer
not speaking at all about the operating and the sending of good thoughts and
costs of maintaining such a department. cheerful words to those they are help­
All of these persons have to receive a ing and this permits of a larger number
letter in answer to their appeal for help of cases being handled by each indi­
and they receive other letters asking vidual than is possible by our system.
for reports and many dictated letters The Rosicrucian method requires slow
giving them advice and many telegrams and careful personal study and contact
suggesting special helps. The clerks, with each case and this is why its
stenographers, and other workers con­ results and success for efficiency have
nected with this department constitute become so well known.
one of the largest if not the largest An investigation of the more than
operating expenses of the organization. two thousand cases now before us for
But this is not the problem for we have this week shows that more than half of
gladly and willingly enlarged the staff these persons seeking for help or in
and added to the operating expenses whose behalf help has been asked are
without saying a word and we would not members of the organization nor
continue to do so if the expenditure of probably interested in any other part of
thousands of more dollars each month our work. The question therefor arises
would solve the problem for us. But as to whether we are justified in con­
our healing work is based upon a tinuing this sort of work and whether
definite system whereby certain prin­ we are fair to the rest of our members
ciples and laws are applied by special in slowing down and complicating our
The workers who are well trained to take healing work and our welfare work by
Rosicrucian care of the cases that come before the including so many who are not mem­
bers. If the congestion in this work
Digest W elfare Department. and the over crowding of the demand
February Our problem is one of having suf­ upon our time is going to interfere with
1931 ficient workers to assist in this important the giving of proper personal attention
to each case and is going to mean the through one membership alone we have
slighting of the efficiency of the work had to give service to five. It is a
then we should cut down the number common thing for our members to ask
of cases which we will be able to care us each week or each month to help
for in a given time. If we are going to from three to five other persons and as
eliminate any cases common sense tells rapidly as we can succeed in this work
us that the only fair thing to do is to other cases are brought to our attention.
eliminate those who are not members The question is as to whether it is fair
and apply our t i m e and s e r v i c e s to the efficiency of our work to continue
exclusively to those who have a right helping these persons who are not
or who enjoy the rightful privilege of members, who are not interested in our
asking for such service. work, who will not even admit that they
Just casually I picked from the wanted any help from anyone and who
Healing Department files this letter often deny that they believe any help
which came in the mail this morning. could be given to them by our methods.
It is addressed to the Director of the After long consideration, therefore,
Healing Department and reads as fol­ we have decided that after the fifteenth
lows: “I wish to make a report on the of February, 1931, we will discontinue
case of little Johnny ---------- who lives giving treatments through the W elfare
across the street and who was injured Department here at headquarters to any
in an automobile accident and to whom persons excepting a member of the
you have been sending treatment for Order and his or her immediate family.
the past ten days. The healing of his In other words, the work must be limited
injury was remarkably rapid and we to the one who is a member of the
are all thankful although his parents do Order and to his or her wife or husband
not know that help was asked. a n d children or perhaps parents.
“I also wish to report that Mrs. Neighbors and friends, strangers or
---------- whose condition you started to acquaintances living in the city or
treat last week is greatly improved and neighborhood of a member cannot be
I hope some day to interest her in accepted for personal help after Febru­
higher thought and to point out the ary 15.
errors of her thinking. W h at we do urge our members to do
“I told you last week that the husband is to try and help these other persons
of my neighbor M r s .----------is able to themselves and we have established a
be up and go to work again because of healing period in connection with the
the rapid cure that was made in his case Cathedral of the Soul for the special
after the doctor said he would be in bed purpose of helping the thousands of
for at least three months. M y neighbors persons who are not members. This
do not know that I asked for help for healing period has brought help to
him but I am happy you responded to thousands of persons in hospitals, sani­
my call. tariums, and p r i s o n s who are not
members of the Order and who have not
“The police officer in this city who written to us and asked for help but
was injured while on duty was released who have kept the Cathedral period for
from the hospital yesterday and the healing and have voluntarily written of
paper states that his rapid recovery the benefit derived from that period.
from a serious injury is an unusual Therefore, if there is anyone in your
thing and I know that your help is neighborhood that you want to help,
responsible for it because in talking to give him a copy of your book “Liber
him he admitted sensing certain things 777” dealing with the Cathedral work
that proved this but I have never spoken and point out to them the benefit of
to him about the Rosicrucians. keeping the healing period and they will
“Now I am asking you to give help derive help from this, but do not write
to my sister who is suffering from etc., to our W elfare Department asking
advice or help for any of these persons
etc.”
or asking us to suggest any special help
Now here is one member who has or make reports regarding these cases
asked us to help four or five others and for the correspondence dealing with such
 matters is becoming too large and too we are fearless enough to brave any
great for the staff to take care of with­ criticism of the stand we have taken
out neglecting the help that every because we feel it is a righteous one
member is entitled to receive. which every member will appreciate and
W e hope that this frank and honest support with cooperation.
statement of the conditions will be If you have not an extra copy of the
carefully analyzed by every member book “Liber 777” which you can loan
and every reader of this magazine and from time to time to some person to read,
that they will realize that instead of you may write to the Supreme Secretary
saying nothing about the condition and inclosing postage for a copy and receive
slighting the work we are trying to do, one without cost or obligation.

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The Duality of Jesus the Christ

AN INTERESTING CONCEPTION OF THE
PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL

B y F rater P a u l B eckett

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O O N E who is willing church completely it at least doubles the

to enter into an open- task sought to be performed. T o a larger
minded s t u d y of re­ extent is this true today than it was in
ligious matters as postu­ times past, for the differences of opinion
lated by s o - c a l l e d are not limited to separate denomin­
Christians the contro­ ations, as in days gone by, but have
versy that has arisen in arisen and much animosity is shown
past few years between between members of the same sect and
one group of men calling believers in the same creed.
themselves Fundamentalists and another In support of all of these differences
group styled as Modernists is “much of opinion there have been advanced
ado about nothing.” But unfortunately many reasons, many interpretations,
both of the groups aforesaid are headed each adding more mud to the troubled
by men who in religious matters waters. Perhaps the opinion offered
apparently “speak with authority,” and herein will but make matters worse, but
the effect of their bickering has been not it is proffered to you because the
only to settle nothing but it has proved thoughts expressed have served the
a very deciding factor in placing the writer in clearing up for him many
church of today in a position of defense apparent inconsistencies and seeming
before the world at large. Especially incongruities in the records as presented
is this apparent to the members of the by the New Testament.
younger generation, for should their Is there any difference between Jesus
religious teachers be advocating funda­ and the Christ? Are the two words
mentalism, they wonder if those equally properly used synonymously? It would
The strong leaders who are t e a c h i n g seem upon close analysis that there is
modernism are Christian or heretic, and a very great difference, nor is Jesus
Rosicrucian
vice versa. Such a condition cannot Christ properly used as the name of our
Digest but have a baleful effect upon those Master.
February whom the church is striving to reach, Our records regarding the birth of
1931 and if it does not drive them from the Jesus show that it was ordered he be so
named even before his birth, and further I, of the earth earthy, but when the
show that that order was carried out Great Soul of God, which we call the
and that he was at the proper time Christ, took possession of the physical
named Jesus. So, too, it is recorded vehicle that was named Jesus then
that Joseph and M ary took the child truly was the composite whole Jesus
Jesus into Egypt: further, at the time of the Christ; and using the same mature
His appearance in the temple at the age physical body that had been called Jesus
of two He was still known only by the from His birth this Soul of God, which
name of Jesus. Thus in the four Gospels I have mentioned, manifested therein
from the time of His birth until the last and adopted this body as a medium of
recorded episode of His childhood at expression for its great truths to the
no time is He directly referred to as the peoples of the earth.
Christ, nor does it appear up until that Verily, the Christ of God is our
time that His name is other than Jesus. Master and Lord, but not the physical
Only in one instance in all that period Jesus. Today our immortal souls, which
is the word ’’Christ” mentioned, and in are the real individuals, can only express
that it is not a direct reference but is through the means of our physical body.
in a narrative as given by the author of Even the most literal among us today
a book, which book was written long will hardly contend that when the words
afterwards when the C h r i s t had uttered by Jesus, “Before Abraham, I
appeared and had been recognized. was,” that it was meant that he, the
The next recorded appearance of physical Jesus, existed before Abraham’s
Jesus was at the River Jordan with John time, but all will most readily admit that
the Baptist; and upon His baptism there what was meant by this utterance was
(not the water baptism) by the out­ that the spiritual Christ, that at the
pouring upon Him of the Spirit and the instant moment was using the body of
proclamation of Him as the ‘‘Beloved Jesus, had existed and did exist before
Son of God,” then and then only and Abraham. T o a Rosicrucian it is not
by that spiritual baptism did Jesus difficult to conceive of this, because with
become Christ, the Anointed One. He our belief in and knowledge of Reincar­
became the Christ as a reward for His nation we can readily understand what
overcoming and attainment. Jesus meant when he said “Before
His given name of Jesus was not Abraham, I was,” but to the religionist
changed when He attained Christhood; who has not had the advantages given
He did not then acquire the name of by the Order, Reincarnation is an
Christ as a surname .to be added to His ununderstandable thing, an unbelievable
given name, but He did become known thing. They will not accept the word
as one Jesus who had attained Christ­ of their Lord. And, verily, when it
hood by overcoming the world, sin and comes to religious concepts are we
temptation. So we have His name Jesus, obstinately blind.
to which is added that title of honor, It was not the virgin birth of the
that badge of merit, that outstanding physical J e s u s that gave Him the
spiritual designation, the Christ; but authority to speak the truth as He did
without recognizing Christ as a title we speak it, but it was the incarnation of
have shortened the appellation to Jesus the Christ, of the Spirit of God, within
Christ, which to my belief, is literally the physical body of Jesus that spoke
incorrect. these truths and which claimed to be
From another angle Jesus was the “at one with God, the Father."
human or animal side of our Master. W ith any other conception of Jesus
He was Jesus before He became our the Christ we find that we are worship­
Lord and, without entering into any ing as our Lord that physical being
discussion as to the truth or otherwise named Jesus who lived some 2000 years
of the Immaculate Conception, so far as ago and who, it is recorded, died and
our records go He was born and raised was buried. In like manner we are
as other boys of His time were born and aware that those who claim to be looking
raised. In the physical makeup of Him for the second coming of Christ are in
who was Jesus He was even as you and reality mistakenly expecting the second
 coming of Jesus, the physical man. with the words that follow, “Not my
W hile the second coming of Christ is will, but thine be done.”
altogether possible and p r o b a b l e Jesus was crucified and spent three
(although it is my opinion that He did days in the tomb, but before that did He
not go away) if we think of the Christ utter the words, “I am the W ay, the
as S p i r i t , such second coming is Truth and the Life.” If we persist in
impossible of belief do we conceive of our worship of the physical Jesus, then
the Christ as being a physical body to be consistent we must admit that for
which was known to the ancient world three days the W a y was closed, the
as Jesus. Truth and the Life were dead and
The immutable Law of Duality was buried. But the physical Jesus was not
operating in the instance of Jesus the “the W ay , the Truth and the Life,”
Christ even as it operates today, in that this could only refer to the Immortal
we, as immortal souls, have and use a Christ direct from and of God.
physical body. In common parlance we Jesus himself was a Gallilean. Christ
speak of having a soul— in other words, knew and knows no nationality. W e
we magnify the body, a physical, perish­ have our direct record of the birth and
able thing, as the possessor of a soul in time of the birth of Jesus, and we
all of its imperishability and immortali­ celebrate that birth date at Christmas
ty; we do but speak that which we do time. Christ has no birth date— He
not believe. always was— t h e s a m e , yesterday,
If we differentiate and say that the today, and forever. Before time was
Christ possessed the physical body of Christ was. I think it was St. Augus­
Jesus and spoke its great truths through tine who said that the Christian re­
the medium of the voice of the earthly ligion has always existed, but received
J e s u s , then have all of our bitter its name as such only after the begin­
controversies about the Virgin Birth and ning of the ministry of Him known as
the Second Coming faded into insig­ Jesus the Christ.
nificance and our tragic differences It seems to me that many of the
have been stirred up by what might be apparent and seeming inconsistencies in
termed non-essentials. Is it possible to the life and sayings of Jesus the Christ
believe that Jesus could have spoken the can be cleared up by a conscious recog­
truth as He did without having become nition of the quality of this personality
controlled and possessed by the Spirit commonly known as Jesus Christ if we
of the Christ? will but recognize the physical man
There is an example recorded in our Jesus and also the Immortal Soul, the
Bible wherein the physical Jesus and the Christ, using the body of Jesus as its
spiritual Christ were in conflict, each medium of expression to the peoples of
striving for the mastership. The scene all time, and with t h i s conscious
is laid in Gethsemene. Jesus the Christ acceptance new vistas will open to us
is in prayer. Note the prayer— how Jesus, in our study of life as recorded in the
or the physical side, dreading the agony Scriptures. Until these new vistas are
He knew was to come on the cross, opened and explored through the teach­
prayed, “If possible, let this cup pass ings of our Order, or otherwise, man­
from me;” but immediately did the kind need never hope for the coming of
Spirit, the Immortal Christ, triumph the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.

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1931
 Lodge Masters and Activities
By R a y m u n d A n d r e a
Grand Master, Great Britain
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P R O P O S E to give considerable knowledge of the science

here a few reflections would not necessarily equip one for the
upon the responsible specific task of working upon the lives
sta tu s of those who of other students. A master is indeed
supervise and direct in entrusted with a very special kind of
lodge or group work in authority; and as I am writing imper­
our O rd er, on their sonally, I do so freely and without
a d j u s t m e n t to the bias.
d iv erse temperaments I regard it as essential in a lodge
and capacities contacted master in dealing with a student that
therein, and on some of the individual he have a knowledge of the general
problems c o n s ta n tly presented and mental status of the student, together
which demand considerate handling. with such incidental information as
In this work, which is undoubtedly would be supplied to him with regard
highly responsible and technical, we are to age, occupation, studies or leisure,
looking upward and forward and call­ even personal idiosyncrasies perhaps,
ing upon the best that is in us to take upon the student coming under his
part in a task in which we confer real supervision. The personal life of a
and enduring benefit upon others in student will naturally have a direct and
the matter of their soul e v o l u t i o n . powerful influence upon his life as a
Therefore it is not demanding too spiritual aspirant. The fullest general
much of those who assume the respon­ information is therefore desirable; and
sible control in lodge, activities that most students will be willing to supply
whatever their practical ability may be particular information if they have the
for the discharge of their duties, they assurance that those who are to super­
should possess some com m end able vise their work and development are
degree of qualification, in the occult actuated with a s i n c e r e desire to
sense, in order to fill that capacity. understand and adjust to their present
The object of the appointment of outlook. The aspirations of a student
responsible heads in lodges under the in any field of endeavor, apart from
supervision of the Council of the Order his occult studies, constitute a factor
is obviously the e x t e n s i o n of the for the careful consideration of the
influence and a sharing of the responsi­ m a s t e r , since they will work out,
bility of the Head of the Order in influence, and be ap p lied alm ost
carrying out its work. It is not within unconsciously in his lodge work. His
the province of the Order to equip personal studies and aspirations will,
lodge masters with the necessary ability for one thing, be something of a guide
to discharge secretarial duties. They to a student’s possibilities on the path,
are presumed to have in some measure indicate the quality and calibre of his
this ability and also the qualifications thought and reveal tendencies liable to
for instructing others, apart from the a c c e le r a te or re ta rd his spiritual
fact that they are students of occultism. evolution. The extent of his reading
I discriminate here, because even a in occultism should especially be known,
 the schools of thought to which he task, in addition to the exigencies of
inclines, and his progress in the science their own development. The question
of meditation, before entering the lodge. of relative development and reciprocal
Upon this data the master will base response, however, stands upon an
his method of adjustment to the student entirely different footing from that of
— a more or less objective adjustment. teacher and pupil in a school or uni­
But he should also have a measure of versity. Authority there in the majority
soul responsiveness which will enable of branches of learning rests almost
him to read subjectively and fairly exclusively upon superiority of mental
accurately the soul atmosphere of the content derived from the accumulation
student. Not much can be said on this of facts well digested and memorized,
point: no precise rule can be given. and clearness and facility of statement.
If the master has been working long The preceptor himself may not, often
with others, he will a u to m a tic a lly does not, count for much; his personal
register through the written or spoken influence may be negligible if he is no
word the soul vibration of the student. larger than his reading. But in the case
He should be able to discern very of a master, the authority should be
quickly how much the latter is capable almost the reverse of this. It is soul
of at any particular point, what aspects capacity that will have true and lasting
of truth he is able to respond to, influence upon the soul aspect of the
whether he requires sy m p a th e tic student. T h is ad m its of n e ith e r
handling and encouragement, or the argument nor requires demonstration.
strong assertion of will impulse to I believe it to be true that very few of
inspire and carry him forward. It is those who supervise in any school of
here that the master will meet with occultism p o sse ss the d is tin c tiv e
testing conditions for himself. A lodge capacity of soul responsiveness, the
will presumably consist of many diverse height and the breadth, and the fine
types of students, some of whom will and penetrative understanding to deal
require special attention and treatment, at will with practically any type of
and for that kind of work special student, even with students of various
q u a lific a tio n s are re q u is ite in the degrees below their own range of
master. It should be his aim to arrive response. This is a statement not
at that measure of balanced develop­ calculated to deter, but rather to inspire
ment which will enable him to adjust to a master to take the largest possible
and handle successfully every type of view of his calling and make every
student that comes under his super­ effort to equip himself for his office
vision. He will insist in himself upon through specialized study and research.
a careful blending of the mystic aspect It may be objected that ideal men
of devotion and contemplation and the cannot be waited for, the material at
occult aspect of will and sound think­ hand must be used. This is so. It
ing, thereby demonstrating an ability is practical common sense and true in
of responsiveness to types in nature any line of endeavor, yet must receive
either mystical or occult, or manifesting some modification in connection with
both in the process of evolution. the highly responsible task of working
A student should receive a powerful with others. And while it rests with
impression of adequacy in a master; the Council of the Order in deputing
not that of imperious authority, but a responsible officers as supervisors at
sound and solid sensibleness which a distance, the main burden of the
imparts a feeling of reliable strength, responsibility in this matter lies with
assurance of understanding and instant the students themselves assembled in
response. T h is feeling of im p licit any particular locality in making an
confidence will perhaps only be present
in its fullness where the master is in unanimous choice of one among them
The advance of the student in evolution. who has manifest qualifications for the
Rosicrucian It is not desired to demand too much position of authority. It is then that
Digest of those who feel the call to this the Council ratifies the choice made
February particular service and who feel diffi­ both on the ground of the proclaimed
193 1 culty and responsibility in assuming the approval and from its personal know­
ledge of the one proposed. Hence the very exacting in his demands, accord­
importance in a lodge of making a ing to type. Some of an inquisitive and
careful selection on the basis of ade­ ingenious nature have the ability of
quate and intrinsic merit. That only presenting a particular problem that
should justify the choice of a master, searches the depths of experience. That
not in any case zeal for personal is not to be trifled with, neither ignored,
advancement, or to be considered of nor yet does it call for lengthy examin­
value and prestige in the Order. ation from the master. But the indis­
A choice made under any such con­ pensable requirement is, that d e e p
sideration would be likely to maintain a should answer deep, or the opportunity
master in a position of authority in has passed. In submitting t h e s e re­
which he would be naturally indisposed marks I have in mind the highest
to disburden himself of any really too interest of the student, the creditable
exacting task entrusted to him, with the discharge of lodge activities, and the
inevitable result that there would be allocation of responsible authority to
inadequate dealing with present prob­
lems of the students under his charge. those only who have given undoubted
Moreover, in this connection a matter proof of capacity for leadership and
of considerable importance emerges. A disinterested devotion to the august
student breaking new ground can be ideals of the Order.

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Raising Your Vibrations

A REAL MESSAGE FOR EVERY MEMBER
B y F rater G am ui

(Venerable Master, India)

S U M E that every Rising above all of these, however,

stu d en t on th e Path and as the highest standard by which
liv in g in th e W estern all are judged are the Rosicrucian
world is as anxious to teachings which, being universal, are as
raise his vibrations as is much our national possessions and pride
the adept of the Orient as they are the possession of the adepts
and I presume, further, of Egypt or Persia or any other Orien­
that some of the Oriental tal country. The traditions of our
methods for raising the Rosicrucian Brotherhood intimate quite
personal vibrations will be of interest clearly that the origin and foundation
to the students in the W estern world. of our work can be found in the ancient
teachings and practices of the Orientals
The teachings of the Rosicrucians but we have long since ceased to look
are universal in all lands and we rejoice upon them as belonging exclusively to
in finding in the correspondence with any nation or any country and find
the officers and highest adepts of other greater pride in the fact that they are
lands that our ideas and understandings universal not only in their application
of our principles and practices, are so and practice but in the additions and
universally established that we are in improvements that have been made in
perfect agreement in every point of our Rosicrucianism in the past five centuries
studies. W e are surrounded here with or more.
hundreds of ancient philosophies most I sometimes wonder whether o u r
of which have had their origin in brothers and sisters living in the W est­
personal beliefs and individual leader­ ern world realize what it means to the
ships and we have our hundreds of occidental who makes an occasional
traditional teachings which form the trip or visit to European countries or
foundation of many sects. perhaps to wonderful America, and
 finds in these newer lands the com­ these the spiritual development of the
panionship of an understanding adept self. T o him the building up of mental
and the teachings and practice of the power through the absorption of vast
same sacred principles that he enjoys intellectual food constitutes the build­
in his native land. W ith so many ing up of a transitory or finite part of
other o u tsta n d in g d iffe r e n c e s of mind, while ignoring the everlasting
language, custom, habit, and practice and immortal part of self.
and with an unavoidable feeling on the As man increases h i s intellectual
part of the W estern world people that knowledge he increases or raises the
the Oriental is different from himself, vibrations of his mind power to a higher
it is a beautiful thing for the Oriental degree where such energy becomes
to find through his contact with other more potent and more useful. The fact
Rosicrucians that he is at home with that there is a very limited world and
them and at one with them in their a very limited usefulness for such power
thinking and their living. It is this and that it is a power which must be
universality of R o sic ru c ia n ism that left behind in the mortal mind to decay
makes it a power in the lives of so and pass out of existence does not seem
many. to impress man as it should. It is like
Because the foregoing is true it is b u ild in g up th e power of wealth
easy for me to speak to the W estern through the accumulation of gold in
minds regarding some of our principles any form or of any cast. Its power is
and be as thoroughly understood as a fictitious one more limited than the
though I were talking to those of my poor man realizes and more enslaving,
own country who have journeyed with as every rich man discovers, than any
me on the Path. other power in the world and yet in
The raising of our vibrations is a the very height of its seeming greatness
very fundamental principle in the de­ it becomes utter nothingness through
velopment of the spiritual and mystical transition. No man can carry with
life. The g r e a te s t a c tiv ity in the him across the border line the power
intellectual world has been the con­ he has built up in gold nor can he carry
tinued attempt to raise the vibrations with him into the life that is to come
of the intellectual self, or in other any of the power he has built through
words, to increase the power or the purely intellectual mastership.
prowess of the human mind in a purely The raising of our vibrations, there­
mental sense. From kindergarten to fore, from the mystical point of view,
gymnasium and from gymnasium to does not consist of the creation or
university all efforts are directed toward building up of the power of knowledge
t h e development of the intellectual that is finite or mortal but which is
mastership with its accompanying power immortal and infinite. Such vibrations
in the purely mental world. and such power have to do with spiritu-
On the other hand, we have the ual self and not with either the physical
churches, synagogues, mosques, and or the mental.
other sacred places of religious instruc­ I have seen in someW estern world
tion, tending exclusively toward the literature the reference to the strange
development of the religious self wholly practices of the Orientals and I regret,
distinct from the mental and the spiritual with thousands of others, that the
self. In a very fundamental sense average writer on these subjects selects
religion is knowledge and not experi­ as his standard and example those
ence and the study of and building up types of our own people who represent
of the knowledge of God is more truly the illiterate, the uninitiated and those
an intellectual process than it is a dwelling in darkness. Thus the extrem­
spiritual one, though I regret that I ist who knows nothing of the Mystical
The should be able to say this. W a y or of the truly spiritual life, but
Rosicrucian The mystic, on the other hand, is who is seeking to aggrandize himself
Digest one who gives second place to any through self persecution and martyr­
February form of limited development, either dom is pictured as typical of the
1931 intellectual or mental, and places above Oriental adept. But in the privacy of
the lives of millions in Oriental lands say rich blessings?— is sufficient reason
there will be found sane and rational for all of our efforts in this direction.
practices which are producing their However, permit me to outline the
fruits in the form of highly developed following as the principal methods or
spiritual beings who go their way practices for the raising of the spiritual
among men and in the marts of the vibrations in the human body.
world, living the life of practical appli­ First of all, there is the subject of
cation to the duties and obligations of our food. The early adept on the Path
this world existence without attracting is not denied the use of meat or flesh,
undue attention through anything of a for it has no real bearing upon his
fanatical nature whatsoever. Still, in development until he reaches a very
their real lives, sheltered and secret high stage of spiritual vibrations. W hen
from public observation, these persons this point is reached he need not be
have not only attained some degree of instructed regarding the reduction of
mastership but are demonstrating the the amount of flesh he eats or its com­
true spiritual principles of cooperation plete elimination. He must be in good
with mankind in meeting their many health and strong in vitality before he
problems. finds it providential to eliminate flesh
In this country we have adopted from his diet and any attempt to force
certain Rosicrucian customs or practices a change in the diet through the wil­
to enable us to raise the spiritual vi­ ful elimination of flesh before the proper
brations of the human body. I want to stage is reached is a grave mistake.
explain these briefly so that the adepts The point in the development of
of the W estern world may k n o w each one’s own life when flesh should
exactly what we are doing and perhaps be eliminated will be revealed without
derive an incentive for a greater de­ doubt or question to the adept. It will
votion to these practices for, after all, be a time when many other great
they are all outlined in the Rosicrucian changes take place in his life and when
teachings of every land. Before doing he will not feel called upon to expend
so, however, it may be of interest to so much of his animal vitality or his
my readers to know what objective we physical creative forces. So long as
have in mind in raising the vibrations the adept is engaged in any occupation
of the spiritual self. and is living the earthly life that calls
for the use of the creative forces of his
First of all it enables us to have physical being he will have some need
more perfect or more complete attune­ for some meat.
ment with the Cosmic vibrations and
with the Cosmic mind. Secondly, this But in regard to other articles of
very condition enables us to more food there is a very great need for
quickly contact the minds and spiritual change if the vibrations of the spiritual
selves of other adepts in other lands self are to be brought to a high degree.
regardless of time or distance. Thirdly, More of the uncooked and green foods
our auras are widened and extended should form a part of the daily diet
because our health and spiritual eman­ and most of the starchy foods should
ations are raised to a higher pitch or be eliminated. Moderation in t h e
note and the magnetic condition of the amount of food is very essential and
spiritual body becomes more vital. The no meal should completely fill or satis­
result of these co n d itio n s is made fy the craving for hunger to that extent
manifest in the success we have in our that not another morsel could be eaten
healing work and in our ability to aid with relish or enjoyment, or the body
others in many physical and spiritual feel so filled and stuffed that it would
ways and in the illumination we receive seem to be an effort to eat any more.
through Cosmic inspiration and recep­ By eating a moderate amount at each
tivity to the divine emanations of all meal and with the proper exercise or
master minds. That s u c h spiritual physical effort between meals the adept
development should bring us in closer
contact with the God consciousness and will approach the meal time with a
Christ consciousness must be quite definite sensation of hunger, and this
evident and this objective— or shall I must be only partly appeased if the
 digestive processes are to do their work jealousy out of our consciousness for
properly and the r i g h t amount of all of this merely clears the system of
strength derived from the food eaten wrong thinking or lays the foundation
without an unnecessary call upon the for right thinking. W e should feed
reserve forces to take care of an over our spiritual consciousness with food
amount of food. Two meals a day through contemplations and meditations.
rather than three becomes the habit of W e should take daily a simple sub­
the real adept, for he finds that water ject of spiritual illumination or some
and fresh air can lake the place of the divine truth or principle and analyze it
first meal in the morning. and actively devote ourselves to its
The proper exercise of all parts of study by viewing it from every angle
the body is the second essential point. and becoming familiar with it until it
W alking as well as jumping and some unfolds like a rose and presents to us
form of artificial or gymnasium exer­ a new picture or a more profound
cise should be added to walking so that picture. This is spiritual exercise just
every muscle of the body does some as the breathing and movement of the
labor or functions every day. Bending arms and legs constitute physical exer­
the body in many directions and lying cise. The co n tem p la tio n of the
flat on the back and lifting the limbs spiritual truths brings an influx of
at various angles and with different
spiritual power and rapidly increases
motions as well as moving the arms and
the spiritual vibrations of the conscious­
head in various directions for a few ness.
minutes several times a day will help to
keep the physical body in proper action Each thought should be a banquet, a
and at the same time will help the feast fo r th e n ou rish m en t of the
processes of digestion and increase the spiritual self, and with the same degree
function of breathing. that we relish and hold in our mouths
Proper breathing is the third essen­ a tempting morsel or enjoyable particle
tial. D e e p breaths that force the of food until we have drawn from it
exhalation of all air even in the deep all the pleasure of eating it so should
recesses of the lungs is very important we hold in our consciousness any
and a few minutes of deep and rapid thought, any truth, any principle, that
breathing will exercise the lungs and appears good and sublime and examine
the muscles connected therewith to such it and analyze it until it has become
an extent that in a few months the enjoyable to us, illuminating, fascinat­
lungs will naturally open and close to ing, and most of all influential upon our
a greater degree and thereby inhale routine thinking throughout the day.
and exhale a greater amount of air. As a fifth and last essential there is
This is a very important feature. Deep the communion with God which in the
breathing slowly performed is only half W estern world is called prayer. T o
of the practice. Exercising the lungs the mystic, prayer does not always
rapidly is like exercising the muscles of mean petitioning but the expression of
the arms or legs with rapid movements appreciation and thankfulness and the
in place of slow ones. The slow action intimate acquaintanceship with G o d
does not give the benefits to be de­ through the exchange of ideas. Com­
rived from the rapid action. Fresh air munion should be the law of rising in
first in the morning and last at night the morning and the benediction of the
deeply inhaled and while the body is day before retiring. It should be the
exercising makes a good beginning and first practice at each meal and the clos­
closing for each day but there should ing thought of each blessing to the
be some noon-time exercises of the same physical or mental self. The Oriental
nature. adepts never begin or complete a meal
The fourth essential is that of think- without the prayer of thankfulness, and
The in9- ^ is not enough to merely hold they never enjoy or participate in any
Rosicrucian 9ooc* thoughts and thoughts of peace, thinking that brings them extreme joy
tolerance, love, and sympathy toward or satisfaction either in labor, or pleas­
l all humanity, and it is not enough to ure, or in spiritual study, without again
February eliminate all evil or unkind thoughts expressing thankfulness in communion
1 931 and to keep anger, hatred, envy, or with God.
 These are t h e essential processes not suspect as being possible until the
whereby the vibrations are raised. I process is started and maintained as a
have seen in my own life and in the part of life itself.
lives of hundreds about me the gradual May the richest blessing of the Cos­
increase of spiritual power after a few mic rest upon you in your indulgences
months’ practice of these principles. and in your labors and may the increase
They bring peace and happiness, a of vibrations bring you a spiritual pro­
contentment and an absence of fear or tection and a new power to create that
doubt and a sense of companionship you have never witnessed or experienced
with God and the great masters that before. This is the wish of one who
cannot come in any other way. The desires to remain in your hearts as a
whole body and all of its functionings,
the mind and the soul, take on a robe brother in a distant land sending his
of purest white and a power that the message to you through the channels
adepts just starting on the Path may of our beloved brotherhood.

V V V V V

What Is Real?
By F r a t e r P. B.

E C E N T L Y , while read­ Is the automobile more real than the

ing a book p u blish ed thought of the inventor who evolved the
almost fifty years ago, a machine? And did the surgeon’s knife
tra in of th o u g h t w as ever discover a thought in the convol­
s u g g ested to my mind utions of man’s brain? Is the heliotrope
that cu lm in ated in the more real than its Creator? W hat
question propounded as physicist can explain the mechanism by
th e h ead in g o f th is which the heliotrope continually turns
article; it is on its face, to the sun? Is the chameleon more real
in this age of materialism, just another than its unexplained peculiarity? Yet
foolish question, and should be suscep­ no chemist can explain the marvelous
tible to answer by any school boy. chemistry by which it changes its color.
But is it? Can hope be weighed on a pair of
Are only those things tangible that scales, or can a telescope penetrate
can be weighed, measured or metered? infinity?
Are only those things real that we can Are not these small illu s tr a tio n s ,
handle, taste, smell, use or see, or that which might be multiplied A D IN F IN ­
impinge themselves upon one or more IT U M , but proof that we are too
of our five senses? Are tears more prone to accept effects as true causes,
real than the grief that causes them? results for motivating forces? Do they
But can the microscope detect grief in not also suggest that we devote our
the human brain? Is food more real major efforts to the development of
than the urge therefor that we call things material that are in fact but
appetite? And what chemist has iso­ manifestations of things spiritual, to the
lated the impulse motivating the latter? grave neglect of spiritual development?
Is the holding of a political office more All teachings of our Order lead to a
real than the ambition of the holder to marvelous understanding of the unseen,
a tta in such o ffic e ? But will the the unreal, improperly so-called, and
stethoscope sound the depths of that such teaching, by instructing in true
ambition? Is motherhood more real
than the love of a woman for her off­ fundamentals, assists the student, and
spring? But can love be measured with all mankind with whom he contacts, to
a yardstick? more abundant life.
 Creating Y our Future
B y H. S pen cer L e w is , F. R. C.

V V V

HIS is u n d o u b ted ly a toward the distant goal. They were

period in the lives of face to face with real engineering prob­
many thousands of per­ lems, and yet had neither the skill nor
sons when the past the materials with which to bridge such
becomes a memory and gaps.
the future looms as a The h isto ry of the progress of
serious question mark. the pioneers shows that eventually these
Such persons seem to groups found a way of getting to the
feel that they are stand­ other side and continuing westward,
ing on the edge of a and their success will ever be a monu­
great abyss. Back of them are fields, ment to the prowess of the human
mountains, and valleys over which they mind. Ingenuity, prayers to the Cosmic
have traveled with more or less safety for inspiration, d eterm in a tio n , will­
and with considerable pleasure and hap­ pow er, and an undaunted faith in
piness mingled with periods of sorrow Providence helped them to solve their
and grief that now seem inconsequential problems. They could not turn back­
as they face the great abyss before them ward, for they had been months on
filled with the terror of the unknown their way and had traversed desert
and presenting a serious obstacle to spaces where there was neither food
their future progress. nor water, and their supply of these
things being exhausted meant that they
As they face this wide chasm, it must either go onward or remain where
seems that nothing but a miracle will they were and starve. Surely, these
help them to get across the great open persons faced greater obstacles than
space and prevent them from falling the thousands of persons face today
into the dark recesses below, thus who think that their problem is one
bringing an end to their careers. that cannot be solved.
In the early days when the pioneers y The abyss which these persons face
first traversed this continent in an at­ at the present time is a mental one and
tempt to reach the gold fields and not a physical one. The obstacles
fruitful valleys of California, there were which they have to overcome are more
many occasions when hordes of them in mental than physical in every sense.
covered wagons and on foot came face It is undoubtedly true that these per­
to face with similar situations. It sons stand on a material rock and at
seemed that the journey’s end was at the present moment have material obli­
hand and yet the goal of their desires gations and conditions to contend with,
The was far from them. For days, they but the great chasm that lies between
Rosicrucian camped at the edge of an abyss or them and the future progress in their
canyon and wondered how they would lives is not a material one that must
Digest ever cross that great space with its be bridged with material things.
February depths of thousands of feet, and con­ The incentive that encouraged the
1931 tinue their journey on the other side early pioneers to face their problem and
try to solve it was the fact that the bridge the gap of the present and move
future that was before them was quite out of the past into the future in the
definite and appealing, and in every twinkling of an eye. Their day dreams
way alluring. They had no doubt about and their night dreams were lived in
the joy, the happiness, and success the land beyond the horizon where
that waited them if they could once everything would be what they had
cross the great abyss. It was this pic­ made it in their mental pictures. They
ture of future p ro s p e rity and the created homes, new estates nestled in
enjoyment of the greatest blessings in fertile valleys or on the side of pic­
life that strengthened their determin­ turesque hills. They filled caskets with
ation to solve their problems. gold and boxes with fruit.
The thousands today who feel de­ They v isu a liz ed new life, new
pressed and who stand at the edge of strength, temperate climate, and an
the abyss in doubt and hesitancy do ab u n d an ce of the necessary peace,
not have the alluring picture of the happiness, and contentment. They en­
future before them that would encour­ joyed these things daily, and hourly
age them to meet their problems. They before they ever reached the western
cannot see a bright and happy future border. They were making a new world
and they cannot see the goal of their in their minds and this new world con­
desires waiting for them just beyond stituted their future, and as the picture
the horizon. For this reason, they was completed and all of its marvelous
hesitate and wonder whether the effort details finished, they drew themselves
to overcome the present obstacles is into that picture and became living, vi­
worth while, and whether anything is brating parts of it so that nothing of the
in the future worthy of supreme sacri­ present, no obstacle, no barrier, no
fice at the present time. This is where charm could prevent them from stepping
they are in error. And, this is really from the present into the future and
their greatest problem, for they must realizing all that they had visualized.
remove from their minds the doubt In the same manner must the present
about the future, and they must have a thousands of hesitating, doubting indi­
glorious picture of what lies beyond in viduals create a new future and a new
order that they may be strengthened life beyond the present horizon. They
to tackle their present problems and must look upon all of the sufferings
overcome them. and all of the joys of the past as mere
The early pioneers knew nothing of experiences enabling them to select the
the future that was before them except good from the bad as elements to put
through the reports that had reached into the new picture, the new future,
them and the pictures they had built in and the new life. Every experience
their minds. For many months before has its lesson, every one of the joys
they started from their eastern homes and sorrows of the past and of the
and during the many months of suffer­ present are but illustrations to teach us
ing and privation while traveling, they what they should create and what we
had re-created, re-painted, and re- should not create for the future.
builded the pictures in their minds of The future for each one of us can
what the future held in store for them. be precisely what we make it. But we
In their hours of loneliness, privation, must not wait until we are into the
cold, hunger, and in te n s e suffering future or until we stand in the new
from storms and other conditions, they valley of the new land, and then begin
eased their bodies and their minds by to make our plans for the estate, the
rejecting the present and the past and home, the gardens, the orchards, the
living mentally in the beautiful picture mines out of which we shall draw our
of the future that their minds preserved wealth and our necessities. W e must
and held before them as a rich reward visualize each detail, paint in each part
for all suffering and all effort. of the picture, and keep adding to it
all of our dreams and meditations until
The future became so real to them, so it becomes a living thing in our lives
actual, so near, and so tangible in its not of the future but of the present.
every element that they were able to W e should look upon ourselves as
 standing at the very border of this pic­ create in their own minds a single thing,
ture about to step into it, and to begin but who depended upon the creations
to enjoy all that we have created. If of others and the gifts that might come
we do this, the obstacles that now to them through charity.
seem insurmountable and which appear W hich do you want to be, the
to rise before us will be overlooked and creator of your life and the builder of
negated in our ambition, our determin­ the things you want to enjoy or the
ation to step across the borderline one who must take what is left over
from the present into the future, and in the bounties of the lives of others
live in the picture we have made. Such and which are given to you in exchange
visualization and creating gives us not for the hardest labor or denied to you
only the allurement and fascination altogether? Do you want to be the
which is tempting but the urge and serf and the hireling who accepts at
determination, the faith, and the power the hands of a master the things he has
to go beyond the present obstacles. made and he no longer wants or the
There is no limitation to what the things he in a charitable mood is will­
mind can create in its imagings. There ing to share with you partially or
are no castles too high, no homes too incompletely? Or, do you want to be
large, no estates too great, and no parts the creator and make the things you
of the country too beautiful or too want and bring them into realities in
bountiful for the mind to visualize. The your life so that you are not dependent
world is yours when it comes to paint­ upon anyone or anything except the
ing mental pictures of what you want great c re a tiv e p ow er th a t resides
and what you should have. Further­ within you? God has given you the
more, the history of civilization proves same creative power that He possesses,
that there is no limitation to man’s and He has made you equal with Him
material creation of the things he has in making this world beautiful and
visualized. The whole history of man’s happy for all living creatures. This
achievement since the beginning of the great gift is your birthright and you
world proves that what he has men­ alone determine whether you shall use
tally visualized, he can bring into the power or ignore it.
actual realization. The dreams of men Come, step back from your close
of y e s te rd a y th a t seem ed vague, view of the obstacles that seem to sur­
indefinite, and impossible are surpris­ round you, and close your eyes to them
ingly presented to us today in concrete for a while and create a new picture.
realities and we awaken from our state Leave the past and the present out of
of doubt and incredulity to realize that your consideration and make a new
while we questioned and hesitated some life, a new day, beginning with tomor­
other master mind turned a dream into row. Build it up part by part in your
reality and the impossible things of the mind and in your conversations and
dreamer are the material things offered contacts with those around you until
to us today. And as we analyze the you have a perfect picture of the future
creations of man and his accomplish­ that is just beyond today’s horizon.
ments, we are impressed with the one Then step forward bravely and with
great outstanding fact; namely, that he determination into this picture, and start
who never dreamed or never painted a your journey along the line that leads
mental picture never created in the to the new estate, the new home, and
world of realities a single thing. Around the new pleasures of life. You will
us we find those who have accom­ find yourself master of the picture and
plished and built for themselves the master of those realities and you will
things they are enjoying, and there are
the others who are in want or who are find in it the greatest happiness and
without even the actual necessities, who the greatest rewards, and every effort,
The had no vision, who never attempted to every thought devote to it.
Rosicrucian
Digest N O T IC E
February Ask your friends to read T H E RO SICRUCIAN D IG E S T in the public library.
If the magazine is not there we will present it to the library.
1931
 Thinking and Living
B y John R. C. C a rter , M. D., C. M.

V V V

H E strangest vocation Even though the cure of the pain is

in the world is that of worse than the pain, the taste and smell
the p h y sicia n . The of the potion and its rankling effects on
p eo p le dem and the the stomach more dreadful than all the
physician and there is benefits derived can compensate for,
always a n e w crop and, even though the pyysiology works
coming on, regardless backwards after all the surgical proce­
of the rapidly growing dure of professionals and amateurs, the
rise in the standards masses will still crave the cures that
required to obtain a don’t cure, the potions that don’t rejuv­
degree and license to practice. enate, and the surgery that does not
Quite often I am asked, what kind harmonize with the mechanical require­
of a doctor are you? Do you use drugs ments of the body. Every sincere stu­
and operate? Or are you a “Rub dent of A M O R C knows or will learn of
Doctor”? No matter how one may this attitude of the masses and realize
adorn the name with letters to indicate just a little of the problem of the pro­
the system of practice to which one gressive physicians as they struggle on
belongs, there is yet a lot to be explained in the campaign of enlightenment to
to even one’s closest acquaintances separate the masses from their chains
about the system the individual phy­ of traditional folk-lore, superstition,
sician practices. This is a real problem custom, habit, and fear, which, combined
but after all the great masses are not or separate, frequently form an im­
much interested in anything but getting penetrable wall against the advance of
into pain and sickness and then finding inner d ev elo p m en t and o b je c tiv e
the physician who can cure them in a expression.
miraculous way, regardless of the name Yes, according to the vocational
of the system practiced. And it doesn’t classifications of mankind, I come under
make much difference to the masses the classification of p h y sicia n and
whether their chosen physician h a s surgeon, and like most physicians have
letters of education or not, just as long time after time wished I had chosen
as he or she is competent to snap them almost any other vocation but that of a
out of pain, administer a potion that physician.
makes them feel more youthful, or Grandpa and father set their heads
trail them on down the hall to the on my brother being a Doctor of
operating room and there explore the Divinity, and grandma and mother set
cranium, the thoracic cavity, or the their heads on me being a physician. p-n-TLO/j

abdominal cavities, until all of the use­ W hen Scotch people get set in their
less God-given contents are sawed, ways things usually turn out the way
chiseled, or cut out and the man-given ■they want them, for brother is a Presby­
genius is installed. terian minister and I am a physician. )Lz
 Nothwithstanding my indifference, a and grunts with perfect precision. That
University conferred the Degree of child passed away soon afterward and
Medicine and Master of Surgery upon that m oth er was g r ie fs tr ic k e n and
me and several States have granted me broken. Many years have passed since
a License to practice, hundreds of peo­ I visited that home, but I have not
ple have em ployed me as th e ir forgotten that scene for it has been the
p h y sicia n , large co m p an ies have subject for much thought and medita­
employed me, State and N a tio n a l tion. True, it was a physical defect
organizations have employed me, and in and a mental defect combined, but the
spite of all I could do some unseen question has come to me over and over
force has kept me on the firing line of again “W here did the Law of Com­
practice for thirty years. In recent pensation apply in that case”? I have
years, however, through the good offices answered my own question for myself,
of the Imperator, and my own deter­ but to you who read I will ask you to
mination to solve this problem I have think well and live well lest you bring
become convinced that I am in the such a product of wrong thinking and
correct vocation and since settling this wrong living into this world to be a
argument with myself it seems that I constant reminder that thinking will
have made wonderful strides in personal create and living will develop what the
adaptation and research work as com­ thinking created. W ell may we read,
pared to the tempestuous years previous “Be not deceived, God is not mocked,
to that time, wherein wrong thinking for that which a man or a woman
and wrong living brought about really soweth so also shall they reap.” And
serious problems of health and peace of that does not describe the details of the
mind that seemed as though they would innocent ones who happen to be caught
wipe me out of existence, even as an in the net of the guilty and share in
avalanche wipes out the tender, inno­ their reward.
cent vegetation that happens to be in Since that time I have seen hundreds
its path. of such human products of wrong
I have touched upon the personal thinking and wrong living, and each
problems of a physician and now I am State in the Nation is burdened almost
going to talk about some of the prob­ to the limit with such charges, but
lems of human beings who have come nobly and affectionately giving to them
to me as patients in order that you may all the care and consideration t h a t
have some concrete examples of the might be expected of foster parents.
products of wrong living and wrong And I have thought much and studied
thinking, if there can be such a thing as hard to evolve a plan to prevent such
separating those two words “thinking” sad results which directly or indirectly
and “living.” come from wrong thinking and wrong
Several years ago I was called to a living. Too, I have given much thought
farmer’s home, to see a child that was and study to the alleviation of such
sick, and while in the home my atten­ deplorable conditions, and while they
tion was called to a human form whose may seem hopeless, yet I do believe
head was so large and its body so that with right thinking and right liv­
withered and useless that I could only ing much may be done, yea almost the
gaze upon th e hum an form with impossible may be obtained if we will
exasperating helplessness. The mother refuse to accept the condition and apply
of that twenty-year-old specimen of ourselves to evolving a remedy that is
human monstrocity, while being the in keeping with the very certain laws
of nature.
mother of five other children who were W h at a burden for parents, com­
excellent specimens of health and in­ munities, states and nations, but on the
telligence, seemed to be devoted to that other hand what a problem for the
The unfortunate child and seemed too, to physician who just won’t acknowledge
Rosicrucian have established an uncanny method of defeat? But after all haven't all of the
Digest communication with it, whereby the Great Masters arrived at their goal of
February child seemed to understand her words Peace and R e st by w alkin g right
1931 and she interpreted the child's groans through the impenetrable mist because
they slowly became illumined to see Another problem of the people of
that the mist did not exist save as it this day is a repetition of the age old
existed in their own minds and the folly of believing that birth control and
impenetrable part was a fabrication of race suicide can be accomplished by
fancy which vanished before the force physical means without injury. Any
of their living as they became imbued honest accomplished student of mental
with that power which only the organ­ and nervous disorders will frankly
ized Cosmically connected mind c a n deliver his ultimatum to such folly of
know. In other words he is a great thought and act, and if you don’t
physician who can through obedience believe him all you need to do is to
to and application of the infallible laws spend a little time in the State and
of Nature pierce the mists of pessimism National institutions to get a thorough
and doubt, shed the fear of failure, and convincing. No practice that contra-
create a mighty fortress of contact with cepts n a tu ra l law s or destructive
the Infinite for the strong minded, the procedure that destroys can do anything
feebleminded, the physically perfect less than tear down the mental function­
and the mentally sound and the mental­ ing and the natural physical processes.
ly defective, for in so doing he or she And yet, physicians are in the midst of
becomes a channel of blessing which no this horrible tornado of human reckless­
earthly, purely physical education or ness in thinking and living.
training can imitate. But after all it is sweet to think that
Again, the progressive physician en­ “Behind the clouds the sun is shining
counters a formidable obstacle to the still” and as we go on and on as Long­
progress of his or her work in the fellow expressed it “Still achieving, still
thinking and the living of the people. pursuing, learning to l a b o r and to
For eons of time the people have been wait” we see the unfoldment of the
slowly building up a vicious circle people drawing closer and closer to
within themselves in the belief that knowledge and u n d ersta n d in g , and
germs and evil spirits cause disease, through proper thinking and living
pain, sickness, and suffering. T o add growing better and better as the days
insult to injury they h a v e slowly and weeks, months and years roll on,
developed a host of fictitious preventa- because all is G O O D and sooner or
tives and cures that are nothing less later in the Divine plan, man will choose
than a mockery of the fundamental Good rather than evil.
laws of Nature. For instance, to have One of the most exalting experiences
a mother bring her children to the I have ever known was the change in
office from a home life where sun­ the attitude, thinking and living that
shine is obstructed, the air is pol­ came to an old man of seventy years.
luted with smoke and gases, the water This good man had never learned to
contaminated or drugged, the food read or write, he said that he under­
lifeless and adulterated, the rest dis­ stood but little about science or religion,
turbed with discord and unbearable sociology or anthropology, but he did
noise, the sanitation and ventilation, sense the human touch. After a care­
suicidal or homicidal, as the case may ful examination and a discussion of his
be, the personal hygiene repulsive to condition, he went away and for a time
the nth degree, and then ask what the his mental and physical condition im­
physician thinks of immunization? Or, proved rapidly and he bragged about
ask to have her children immunized the professional service he was receiv­
against a particular name that repre­ ing. Then, he relapsed little by little
sents the pyramiding of such e v i l into his former condition and I called
destructive conditions, is to say the at his home again. His difficulty lay
least representative of the h ig h est in the fact that he was depending upon
degree of ignorance and folly. For a the purely physical and very naturally
physician to acquiese in such a request had returned to his former state of
is either unforgivable ignorance or a melancholy and discouragement. Per­
deplorable greed for dollars. Right ceiving the main cause and effect I
thinking and right living will exclude proceeded to explain to him and con­
the possibility of disease and insure the vince him that the little I could do for
race a physical and mental perfection. him was but the stepping stone to his
 reaching that higher source from which separable part of the great whole and
cometh all knowledge and power, and the great whole is an inseparable part
that he didn’t even need to have an of me. W hen my connection is per­
education to contact that source of fected I am in the light and when
knowledge and power. He said, “Doctor, I am disconnected I am in darkness,
I have lived seventy years in this place whether I am a physician or a farmer,
and have never before in all these years a lawyer or a stone-mason, my thinking
heard of any available help except the and my living will reflect the light or
help that money will buy. Yes! Yes! darkness that exists within me.
I see it now,” and almost like a flash B r o th e r s and S is te r s , ours is a
he seemed to become electrified, and wondrous calling and it is my earnest
make a contact that had been dor­ prayer that no cloud may ever darken
mant for long. He said, “D o cto r------ the illumination which we have been so
where did you get your power to know privileged as to receive, but that our
and understand,” and I told him that it lives will more and more become the
came the moment that I knew and veritable lighthouses in the midst of the
understood that “It is not me but the seething masses of human, animal, and
Father who worketh in me.”
So the key to right thinking and plant life that the Glory of God may
right living comes with the knowledge become manifest in all things. So
and understanding that I am an in­ Mote it Be.

What Is The
V V V

Many of our members find it difficult that is back of all of the cosmological
to explain to others what we mean when manifestations. In other words, we
we use the word “Cosmic.” Einstein deal with the Cosmic forces and laws,
and other scientists have been using the while the scientists deal only with the
word “Cosmic” very freely of late, and outer objective manifestations of these
we often find it in newspaper and powers and laws.
magazine articles in connection with The scientists are dealing with the
scientific statements. W hen the word material aspects of the expression of the
“Cosmic” is used by these other persons, power and laws, while we are dealing
it is intended to have a slightly different with the Cosmic Essence and funda­
meaning than when we use it. Let us, mental principles back of all such
therefore, make this distinction. e x p re s sio n s . Cosmic pow er passes
W hen science refers to the Cosmic, through and causes many manifestations
it is referring to Cosmology and the in man and his consciousness, as well as
heavenly phenomena. They mean par­ in the planets and heavenly bodies.
ticularly the p la n ets and h ea v en ly The C o sm ic pow er is a Divine
bodies, the stars, comets, and other Essence and the Cosmic laws are Divine
The visible things, and those certain mani­ laws operating in and controlling not
Rosicrucian festations of Cosmic principles such as only the outer, objective things of the
the so-called law of gravitation, light,
Digest heat, deflected waves of light, etc. heavens, but all things that exist in the
February W hen we refer to the Cosmic we universe and on the surface of the
1931 refer to the universal law and power earth.
 Cathedral Notes
V V V
H E work of the Cathed­ bers in connection with the Cathedral
ral is progressing very work is greatly appreciated, and the
wonderfully indeed. Our letters we receive from those who are
greatest efforts, outside being helped bring tears to our eyes,
of the help that is given and a deep sense of thankfulness that
to our members in the we have these opportunities to serve.
various periods, consti­ A m ong our m em bers and their
tute the work of helping friends, the Cathedral periods are being
those who are in prisons, utilized to the utmost advantage. Those
asylums, and sanitariums. who are ill or in need of help should
I wonder whether our members real­ utilize the Cathedral periods instead of
ize how many truly worthy persons are writing to us or others for help, which
often confined in prisons or peniten­ th ey m ight re ce iv e m ore directly
tiaries, because they have committed through the Cathedral contacts. Let
some crime against the laws of the your friends know about the Cathedral
country in some moment of fury or and its work, and tell them that they
forgetfulness, and who are otherwise are entitled to all of its benefits like
clean of record, and more than anxious unto any member of the organization.
to pay the penalty of their acts, and be The Cathedral of the Soul knows no
redeemed in the sight of man. Thou­ creed, no race, no sect, no discrimin­
sands of such persons are anxious to ation of any kind.
devote much of their time to studies The next special periods of contact
that will lead to self-improvement and at the Cathedral when the Imperator
a better understanding of the universal will direct certain definite healing and
principles. Because of their situation, helpful vibrations will be at the last
they are limited in funds and cannot periods of each Thursday night during
buy the things they would like to read, February and March. These special
nor are they able to join our organiz­ sessions are for our members only.
ation..
The sending of our books and much All new members of the Order re­
other interesting matter to these per­ ceive a book explaining the work of
sons has become one of the great the Cathedral of the Soul with their
activities of the Cathedral W elfare seventh lecture, or shortly thereafter.
League, and we are already reaping the If any member of the Order is beyond
benefits of this work through the good the seventh lecture of the First Grade
deeds being done by some who have studies and has not received a copy of
been released from prison and who this Cathedral book, he should write to
have lost no time in trying to show the Supreme Secretary and ask for a
their appreciation by helping others and free copy of Liber 777.
entering into good and constructive From all parts of the world we are
work in behalf of humanity. W e have receiving letters of appreciation and
a number of representatives who are thankfulness regarding the work of the
spending most of their time in visiting Cathedral and it has become truly an
such institutions and working with the international, universal, Cosmic insti­
unfortunate ones. tution in which all of us can rejoice
Others are helping those who are and to which all of us can send our
in sanitariums and hospitals, or who appreciation and helpful vibrations, and
are otherwise unfortunately shut in. from which each one of us can receive
The assistance on the part of our mem­ Cosmic benediction and blessings.
 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

QTfje Jflpattcal Htfe of Jesu s

By H. Spen cer L e w is , F. R. C.
IM P E R A TO R O F A M ORC FO R N O R T H A M ERICA

This is the book that our members and friends have been waiting for. It has been
in preparation for a number of years and required a visit to Palestine and Egypt to
secure verification of the strange facts contained in the ancient Rosicrucian and Essene
records.
It is not an attack on Christianity, nor a criticism of the life of the Great Redeemer
of Men. It is a full account of the birth, youth, early manhood, and later periods of
Jesus’ life containing the story of His activities in the times not mentioned in the Gospel
accounts.
The facts relating to the Immaculate Conception, the Birth, Crucifixion, Resurrec­
tion, and Ascension will astound and inspire you.
The book contains many mystical symbols, fully explained, original photographs,
and a new portrait of Jesus. There are over three hundred pages, with seventeen large
chapters, beautifully printed, bound in purple silk, and stamped in gold.
Here is a book that will inspire, instruct, and guide every student of mysticism and
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Interesting F ree B ook Explains

Those who are interested in studying the complete instructions contained in the
entire Rosicrucian system and who cannot find it convenient to attend a lodge or study
group of the organization in their own district, or who live where there is no estab­
lished branch of the organization, may have the benefit of these instructions and all of
the personal service of the organization in the privacy of their own homes.
After many years of development of a special system for home study and after
the organization of many departments of special personal help, thousands of men and
women in every walk of life in all parts of the world, are finding peace and happiness,
fulfillment of their desires and powers, through the special private help offered by the
organization to every sincere seeker. If you would like to know more about this personal
The service and its benefits and the wonderful instruction that is offered to those who are
Rosicrucian seeking for it, write a letter addressed to: “Librarian S. P. C., care of AM ORC Temple,
San Jose, California,” and an interesting free book and other literature will be gladly sent
Digest to you by mail.
February (T h o se who are Rosicrucian students are now receiving these instructions)
1931
 THE PURPOSES OF
T HE R O S I C R U C I A N O R DE R
The Rosicrucian Order, having existed in all civilized lands for many centuries, is a non­
sectarian, fraternal body of men and women devoted to the investigation, study, and practical
application of natural and spiritual laws. The purpose of the organization is to enable all to live
in harmony with the creative, constructive, Cosmic forces for the attainment of health, happi­
ness, and Peace.
The Order is internationally known as AM ORC (an abbreviation), and the AM ORC in
America, and all other lands, constitutes the only form of Rosicrucian activities united in one
body having representation in the international Rosicrucian congresses. The AM ORC does not sell
its teachings, but gives them freely to all affiliated members, together with many other benefits.
Inquirers seeking to know the history, purposes, and practical benefits of Rosicrucian asso­
ciation, are invited to send for the free book, “The Light of Egypt.” Address, Librarian, S. P. C.,
care of

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D irectory o f the N orth Am erican Jurisdiction

(Including the United States, Dominion of Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nic­
aragua, Costa Rica, Republic of Panama, the West Indies, Lower California, and all land
under the protection of the United States of America.)
H. SPEN C ER L E W IS , F. R. C., Ph. D ...................................... Imperatorfor North America
RALPH M. L E W IS , F. R. C ................................................. -...Supreme Secretary for North America
A. LEO N BATCH ELO R, F. R. C........................... ..............- Chief of the Personal Advisory Staff
DR. ARTHUR B. BELL, F. R. C................................................... Director of the W elfare Department
CH ARLES DANA DEAN, F. R. C ....................... Director of the Research Department
HARRY L. SH IBLEY , F. R. C ..................................- ......................... Director of Editorial Department

T h e follow ing principal branches are District H eadqu arters of A M O R C

New York City: Los Angeles, C alif.:
New York Chapter Reading Rooms, Inquiry Hermes Lodge, Nos. 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and
Office and Temple, Roerich Museum Bldg., 46, AM ORC T E M P L E , 3 1 6 ^ W est Pico
310 Riverside Drive, cor. 103d St. Open Street, Dr. J. C. Guidero, Master. Inquiry
daily and evenings. Telephone Clarkson
Office and Secretary, Suite 813, New Or-
1700.
Boston, Mass.: pheum Theatre Building.
Mass. Grand Lodge, Mrs. Marie Clemens,
S. R. C., Grand Master, Lodge Building, 739 San Jose, C alif.:
Boylston Street. Egypt Lodge No. 7, Mr. A. Leon Batchelor,
W aterbury, Conn.: K. R. C., Master, Rosicrucian Park.
Conn. Grand Lodge, Grand Secretary, P. O.
Box 1083. Detroit, Mich.:
Pittsburgh, P a.: Thebes Lodge, Zada Perso, Master, 433
Penn. Grand Lodge, Dr. Charles D. Green, Colburn Ave.
K. R. C., Grand Master, P. O . Box 558,
N. S. Dimond Street Branch. Chicago, 111.:
Philadelphia, P a.: The Illinois Grand Lodge, Chas. M. Banta,
Delta Lodge, AMORC, 767 North 40th St. F. R. C., Grand Master, Information Bureau,
H artford, Conn.: Suite 1222, Kimball Hall Building, 25 East
Isis Lodge, AMORC, Mr. W . B. Andross, Jackson Boulevard.
Master, Box 54, South Windsor, Conn.
Tampa, Florida: Salt Lake City, Utah:
Florida Grand Lodge, Mrs. Frances Cres- Salt Lake Lodge, Catherine S. Boes, Master,
cenzi, Grand Secretary, 3420 10th St. 20 W est 24th Street South.
San Francisco, C alif.:
Calif. Grand Lodge, Mr. Elrod Ward, K.R.C., Portland, Oregon:
Grand Master, AM ORC Temple, 1655 Polk Oregon Grand Lodge, E . L. Merritt, K.R.C.,
Street. Grand Master, 19 E . Killingsworth Avenue.
(Directory Continued on Next Page)
 Washington, D. C.: San Antonio, Texas:
Columbia Grand Lodge, Official Representa- Texas Grand Lodge, Mrs. C Wanblom,
tives: R. N. Trezise, 3418 17th St. N. W .: S. R. C., Grand Master, 1133 So. Laredo S t
Virgil McComas, 4707 Connecticut Ave.
N. W .
Cleveland, Ohio:
Ohio Grand Lodge, Mrs. Anna L. Gaiser,
S. R. C , Grand Master, 15804 Detroit S t
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Chartered Branches and Groups of AM O RC will be found in most large cities and towns
of North America. Addresses of local representatives given on request.

PRIN CIPA L CANADIAN BRA N CH ES

Vancouver, B. C .: Winnipeg, Man.:
Canadian Grand Lodge, Dr. J. B. Clark, A. G. Gaillard, P. O. Box 681.
K. R. C., Grand Master, AM ORC Temple,
560 Granville Street. Lashburn, Sask.:
Montreal, Quebec: Mr. V . William Potten, Master, P. O. Box
AM ORC, English Division, Albert E . Poad, 104.
K. R. C., Master, Apt. No. 4, 1431 Mackay
Street. New W estm inster, B. C .:
Montreal, Quebec: Mr. A. H. P. Mathew, Master, 1313 7th Ave.
Societe d’etude d’AM ORC (French Section). v - -* • u n
Street. C1° SSey’ ^ ^ * * * * '' ^ W t ' a r y . A M O R C B o * 14.
Verdun, Quebec: Edmonton, A lta.:
Mr. R. A. Williamson, Master, 3809 W ell- Mr. James Clements, K. R. C , Master, 9533
ington Street. Jasper Avenue, E.

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This jurisdiction includes all the Spanish-speaking Countries of the New World. Its Supreme
Council and Head Office are located at San Juan, Puerto Rico, having local Representatives in all
the principal cities of these stated Countries.
Hon. Manuel Rodrigues Serra, F. R. C., Supreme Grand Master, P. O. Box 702, San Juan
Puerto Rico.
Armando Font de la Jara, F. R. C., Secretary General, P. O. Box 36, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The name and address of other Officers and Branch Secretaries cannot be given general pub­
licity, but may be obtained for any information or special purposes, through the Head Office at San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
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A F E W O F T H E FO R EIG N JU RISD ICTIO N S

India: England:
The Supreme Council, AM ORC, Calcutta, The AM ORC Grand Lodge of Great Britain,
India. Mr. Raymund Andrea, K.R.C., Grand Master,
41 Berkely Road, Bishopton, Bristol, England.
Scandinavian Countries: Dutch E ast Indies:
The AM ORC Grand Lodge of Denmark, W . J. Visser, Grand Master, Bodjong 135,
Commander E . E. Anderson, K. R. C., Grand Semarang, Java.
Master, Manogade 13th Strand, Copenhagen, E g y p t:
Denmark. The Grand Orient of AMORC, House of the
F ran ce: Temple, Mr. A. Ramayvelim, F. R. C., Grand
Secretary, 7, Rue Talkha, Heliopolis.
The AM ORC du Nord, Mr. Charles Levy,
Grand Secretary. A frica:
The Grand Lodge of the Gold Coast,
Austria: AM ORC. Mr. Stephen H. Addo, Grand
Mr. Many Cihlar, K. R. C. Grossekretar der Master, P. O. Box 424, Accra, Gold Coast,
A M O R C Laxenburgerstr, 75/9, Vienna, X . W est Africa.
British Guiana:
Cbina and Russia: Mr. Frederick E . Charles, Master, Victoria
The United Grand Lodge of China and Rus­ Village, Demerara, British Guiana.
The sia, 8/18 Kavkazasaya St., Harbin, Man­
churia. Costa R ica:
Rosicrucian William T . Lindo, F. R. C., Grand Master,
Digest A u s tra lia : P. O. Box 521, Limon, Republic of Costa
The Grand Council of Australia, Mr. S. Rica. C. A.
February Kowron, F. R. C., Grand Master, 40 Fletcher T h e addresses o f other foreign Grand L odges
1931 St, 3, Astoria Flat, Bondi, Sydney, N. S. W . and Secretaries will be furnished on application.
 Special Announcement
T he Joy of Every Rosicrucian and a G uide to Every Seeder

A NEW BOOK

Rosicrucian Questions and Answers W ith Com plete

History of the Order
LL Rosicrucians in the world will be happy to read and possess this
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For years seekers have had to thumb through hundreds of mis­
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